The Militaristic Federation of The Sheika is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Supreme Commander Long with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 19.555 billion Sheika are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantis. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Sheikan economy, worth a remarkable 2,832 trillion Cubits a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 144,825 Cubits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, the only thing slower than the economy is the exchange where it's managed, and there's more hugging than talking in most talk shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Sheika's national animal is the Chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Sheika is ranked 3,141^st in the world and 5^th in Absolution for Lowest Crime Rates, with 120.03 Law-abiding Acts Per Hour.